Research Tools
Political Science

Search Engines                                                                                                                                                   E-Journals (mostly free access)
Statistical Resources                                                                                                                                            For fee E-Journals on the Web
Information Resources (NSU)                                                                                                                                Other Web Resources

Electronic Databases and Indexes

How to access library databases from off campus

NSU Databases

Other Databases

EBSCOhost

America: History & Life

FirstSearch

CIS Government Periodicals

GPO(U.S. Gov Pubs via FirstSearchOK)

Government Periodicals Universe

NewsBank

MarciveWeb DOCS (Catalog of U.S. Gov Pubs 1976-2006)

Wilson Omnifile

ODL Online


Selected Search Engines

 

Boolistic

Offers visual Boolean searchers to “.gov” and other sites.

Clusty

Groups returned search results into subject categories.  Searches gov & other sites.

FedWorld .com

This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).  It is an online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.

FirstGov

The U.S. government's official web portal for online information, services and resources.

Gigablast

Offers a “.gov” limiter you can use to limit searches to government websites.

Google UncleSam Government Search

Offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news.

Political Information .com              

A specialized search engine that searches only in websites on politics, policy, and political news.

Political Science Internet Resources

Internet resources provided by the Western Connecticut State University Department of Social Sciences.

Yahoo US Government

Usefully indexed web pages only offered on Yahoo divided into the three branches of the government, and “additional categories’ for searching by specific topics such as ‘local government”, “military” and “research labs”

 

 

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Statistical Resources

American Factfinders

FedStats

Statistical Abstracts of the United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Kids Count Data Book 2006

Statistical Resources on the Web

Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)

U.S. Census

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EJournals

 

Government Information in Canada

Policy Action Network

American Diplomacy

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Publications

Politeia (1995-2002 free)

Bad Subjects

Mother Jones

Salon.com (free day pass)

EIN News Central Europe Online (free trial)

The Nation (free trial)

Slate

EFFector (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

National Review

Der Spiegel (in German)

European Foreign Policy Bulletin

NATO Review

Wired Magazine

Federal Register

New Republic (free trial)

World Press Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EJournals

For Fee
Requires Subscription for full access

American Prospect

Law and Politics Book Review

Salon.com

Atlantic

Roll Call

U.S. News & World Report

Boston Review

 

 

 

 

 

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Other EJournals on the Web

Journal of World-Systems Research

Social Science Japan

New American (selected full-text)

State Magazine

Political Science Quarterly (selected full-text)

 

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Information Resources by Subject Area
Compiled by NSU Resource Coordinators

 

             Government                                    Political Associations                               International

Congressional Information

Election Information

International Political Parties

Government Resources

Political Science Associations

International Politics

Oklahoma Politics & Government

Research Groups/Think Tanks

Model U.N. Resources

Presidential Libraries

U.S. Political Organizations

 

White House Resources

U.S. Political Parties

 

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Other Helpful Web Resources

About.com

Political Resources on the Net (Agora Telematica)

Academic Info

Political Science Resources on the Web  (University of Michigan)

Law, Government, and Political Science Reference
(The Internet Public Library)

Politics1.com (Ultimate guide to US Govern

 

Poly-Cy Internet Resources (West Virginia University)

Lying in Ponds (The absurdity of partisanship)

 

 

 

Political Science: A Net Station

This Nation

Political Science Resources  (Richard Kimber)

Ultimate Political Science Links Page

Political Science Resources (UC Irvine)

Vincent Ferraro's International Politics Webpage

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For other electronic indexes and databases that Northeastern State University offers, go to the
[NSU Homepage] [Research Guides] [NSU BA Library Home]

Send comments to: Pamela Louderback

Last updated 08/18/2006